Are the following examples of a contract amendment or modification that requires a sole source justification?
• Contract extension past allowable option years of a year or more. • Increase in the rates paid to a paratransit service contractor that is caused by the contractor claiming that it is losing money.We are having an internal problem with the above questions. Contract administration is overseen by our Operations Department, and they have negotiated contract extensions and increases in contract pricing terms without a sole source justification or cost analysis. They don’t believe these are sole source procurements. Are they right? A. Contract extensions beyond the term originally competed are actions requiring a sole source justification unless the extension is due to delays caused by the agency that prevented the contractor from completing the work called for by the contract, or change orders issued under the changes clause (changing the specifications) that had the effect of adding additional time to complete the original contract work. If you have an operational services contract, you
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